All The Time In The World

Description

A wedge is driven between a husband and wife when a mysterious stranger arrives, claiming to have grown up in their home. After agreeing to marry a beautiful, headstrong Russian immigrant in exchange for a promotion, a bus boy turned waiter finds himself entangled in a web of organised crime. A strange confluence of circumstances at the end of an ordinary workday causes a man to go off the grid, living off what he can forage in the same affluent suburb where he once lived comfortably with his family. These and the other mesmerising works of short fiction in this collection are resonant with the mystery, tension, beauty, and insight that distinguish E. L. Doctorow's novels. Containing six new stories that have never appeared in book form, and a selection of previous Doctorow classics, All the Time in the World affords us another opportunity to savor the genius of this American master.

E L Doctorow s work is published in thirty languages. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Award and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. He lives and works in New York.

"Frank, spontaneous and altogether wonderful."--"San Francisco Chronicle" "The . . . stories in" All the Time in the World" are a reminder that, for decades, Mr. Doctorow has been a first-rate artist in the short form.""--The Wall Street Journal" "The incandescent new stories and forever stunning vintage tales . . . selected for this powerhouse collection [are] complex and masterful . . . wise and resplendent.""--Booklist" "Wonderful descriptions gorgeous sentences . . . seem to fall effortlessly from Doctorow's fingertips.""--Chicago Tribune" " " "Savor" All the Time in the World" for its elegance, its intuition and for Doctorow's understanding of the complexity of the human drama.""--The Miami Herald" " " "Doctorow has captured the mood of our time and rendered it in compelling fiction.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer" Advanced Praise for" All the Time in the World" "Virtuoso Doctorow is revered for his grandly dimensional novels, but he is also a superlative and transfixing short story writer. The incandescent new stories and forever stunning vintage tales...that Doctorow selected for this powerhouse collection portray psychological outliers on the edge of either liberation or an abyss. Doctorow is rightfully treasured for his social acuity and fluency in urban life, but he is also a penetrating observer of nature and our concealed primal selves....Like iron trellises wreathed with flowering vines, Doctorow's complex and masterful tales of the strangeness, pain, and beauty of life are wise and resplendent...A landmark collection from a preeminent and popular writer who elevates the best-seller lists with each new book." --Booklist "The new and previously published stories in All the Time in the World are a reminder that, for decades, Mr. Doctorow has been a first-rate artist in thet